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Justice among Nations
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Justice among Nations tells the story of the rise of international law and how it has been formulated, debated, contested, and put into practice from ancient times to the present. Stephen Neff avoids technical jargon as he surveys doctrines from natural law to feminism, and practices from the Warring States of China to the international criminal courts of today.Ancient China produced the first rudimentary set of doctrines. But the cornerstone of later international law was laid by the Romans, in the form of natural law—a universal law that was superior to early laws and governments. As medieval European states came into contact with non-Christian peoples, from East Asia to the New World, practical solutions had to be devised to the many legal quandaries that arose. In the wake of these experiences, international legal doctrine began to assume its modern form in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.New challenges in the nineteenth century encompassed the advance of nationalism, the rise of free trade and European imperialism, the formation of international organizations, and the arbitration of disputes. Innovative doctrines included liberalism, the nationality school, and solidarism. The twentieth century witnessed the formation of the League of Nations and a World Court, but also the rise of socialist and fascist states and the advent of the Cold War. Yet the collapse of the Soviet Union brought little respite. As Neff makes clear, further threats to the rule of law today come from environmental pressures, genocide, and terrorism.
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Abbreviations
ABA J. | American Bar Association Journal | |
A.C. | Appeal Cases (Great Britain) | |
AdR | Archiv des Völkerrechts | |
AJIL | American Journal of International Law | |
Am. J. Philology | American Journal of Philology | |
Am. Pol. Sci. Rev. | American Political Science Review | |
ASIL Procs. | Proceedings of the American Society of International Law | |
AU | African Union | |
BFSP | British and Foreign State Papers | |
Brooklyn J. Int’l L. | Brooklyn Journal of International Law | |
BYBIL | British Year Book of International Law | |
Cal. L. Rev. | California Law Review | |
Canadian Y.B. Int’l L. | Canadian Yearbook of International Law | |
Chicago J. Int’l L. | Chicago Journal of International Law | |
Crim. L. F. | Criminal Law Forum | |
C. Rob. | Christopher Robinson’s Admiralty Reports (Great Britain) | |
CTS | Consolidated Treaty Series | |
Digest | The Digest of Justinian, 4 vols., trans. Alan Watson (Philadelphia, PA: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1998) | |
Dumont | Jean Dumont, Corps universel diplomatique du droit des gens, 8 vols (Amsterdam: P. Brunel et al, 1726–31) | |
EHR | English Historical Review | |
EHRR | European Human Rights Reports | |
EJIL | European Journal of International Law | |
Eng. Hist. Rev. | English History Review | |
Fordham Int’l L. J. | Fordham International Law Journal | |
FRUS | Foreign Relations of the United States | |
GAOR | General Assembly Official Records (UN) | |
G.A. Res. | General Assembly Resolution (UN) | |
Georgetown L. J. | Georgetown Law Journal | |
German L. J. | German Law Journal | |
Grotius Soc. Trans. | Transactions of the Grotius Society | |
GYBIL | German Yearbook of International Law | |
Harvard Int’l L. J. | Harvard International Law Journal | |
Harvard L. Rev. | Harvard Law Review | |
Hay & M. | Hay and Marriott’s Admiralty Reports (Great Britain) | |
ICC | International Criminal Court | |
ICJ Rep. | Reports of the International Court of Justice | |
ICLQ | International and Comparative Law Quarterly | |
ICTR | International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda | |
IDI Annuaire | Yearbook of the Institut de Droit International | |
ILA | International Law Association | |
ILM | International Legal Materials | |
ILR | International Law Reports | |
Int’l Hist. Rev. | International History Review | |
Int’l J. Ethics | International Journal of Ethics | |
Int’l Legal Theory | International Legal Theory | |
Int’l L. Q. | International Law Quarterly | |
Int’l Military Trib. | International Military Tribunal | |
Int’l Rel. | International Relations | |
J. Asian Stud. | Journal of Asian Studies | |
J. Comp. Leg. and Int’l L. | Journal of Comparative Legislation and International Law | |
J. Ec. Hist. | Journal of Economic History | |
JHIL | Journal of the History of International Law | |
J. Hist. Ideas | Journal of the History of Ideas | |
J. Latin Am. Stud. | Journal of Latin American Studies | |
JLE | Journal of Law and Economics | |
J. Military Ethics | Journal of Military Ethics | |
J. Mod. Hist. | Journal of Modern History | |
J. Theoretical Biology | Journal of Theoretical Biology | |
L. and Cont. Prob. | Law and Contemporary Problems | |
Leiden J. Int’l L. | Leiden Journal of International Law | |
LN Off. J. | League of Nations Official Journal | |
LNTS | League of Nations Treaty Series | |
LQR | Law Quarterly Review | |
Miskole J. Int’l L. | Miskole Journal of International Law | |
MLR | Modern Law Review | |
NAS | National Academy of Sciences (United States) | |
Nordic J. Int’l L. | Nordic Journal of International Law | |
NYBIL | Netherlands Yearbook of International Law | |
N.Y. Rev. of Books | New York Review of Books | |
NYU J Int’l L. and Pol. | New York University Journal of International Law and Politics | |
NYULQR | New York University Law Quarterly Review | |
OAU | Organization of African Unity | |
Osgoode Hall L. J. | Osgoode Hall Law Journal | |
Pace Int’l L. Rev. | Pace International Law Review | |
PCIJ | Reports of the Permanent Court of Internatio... |
Table of contents
- Cover
- Half Title
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Epigraphs
- Introduction
- I: Law and Morality Abroad (to ca. AD 1550)
- II: Reason and Its Rivals (ca. 1550–1815)
- III: A Positive Century (1815–1914)
- IV: Between Yesterday and Tomorrow (1914–)
- Conclusion
- Notes
- Bibliographic Essay
- Index